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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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